IVF - 3 follicles, do we proceed?

I'm in my second cycle of IVF and have very low amh. Last time we had 6 follicles and got one blastocyst that failed to implant. This time I only have 3 follicles growing and have the difficult decision of whether to go to egg collection or cancel the cycle 😔😥 how do you make this decision?

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I’m sorry to tell you this but you should cancel, I had 14 cycle of IVF, if i go back I would save all the money on cycles with low follicles count, never got any blastocysts from those cycles , but don’t give up I eventually got pregnant at 43

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I have had 3 full rounds of IVF.
6 eggs, 1 embryo and no pregnancy
5 eggs, 2 embryos and a single pregnancy
3 eggs, 1 embryo and no pregnancy

For me, having less eggs made no difference to the number of embryos I made. When I didn't respond as well during my second IVF round I nearly cancelled but glad I didn't as it gave me my beautiful daughter

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Just to add I always made blastocysts and had retrievals but didn't stick during the first and third round. You have to think of quality as well. During my latest round my follicle number was so low the doctor told me just before my retrieval to expect no eggs or maybe one collected. I ended up with 3 eggs, all mature and all fertilised. All three were looking good on day 3 and ended up with one blastocyst day 5. With my first and second round although I had more eggs I had similar results as my third round, as only 3 eggs were mature then so was at the same point e.g. mature eggs and fertilisation, day 3 results as my round with only 3 eggs. I know everyone is different but try not to give up hope. IVF is such a gamble and you never know what could happen.

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Thank you both so much for your replies, we went ahead and feel so lucky to have got one blastocyst 🤞✨

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That's great news. So happy for you.

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Anyone have this happen before?

We were not trying to conceive, used protection and had sex on week 2 of my cycle (accidentally on my peak ovulation day). Week 3 we had Flu A. Week 4 my period did not come (it’s very regular). I tested and it was negative (2 different brands).
What should have been week 2 of my next cycle (now 6 weeks post last period), I had light red/ pink spotting for one day when I wiped. The following week, I tested again, still negative, but this time almost all the dye was in the negative space, which I’ve never seen happen before. The area where it shows one horizontal line for negative and a plus sign for positive, the horizontal line was super faded at the 3 minute mark, and the negative vertical line in the next window was VERY dark. Now I’m on week 8 of all this, period did not show up yesterday. Nothing in my life has changed (no additional stress, no other illness, no changes in diet or exercise, etc).

Has anyone gone through this and NOT been pregnant? I’m super nervous as we thought we were done having kids.

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My son has an older brother from his biodad. Biodad has never had contact with my son. One thing lead to another though and the other child's mother and I got in contact and are planning a meeting for the boys. Biodad has no idea any of this has happened. Biodad also hasnt had contact with the other child in about 2 years. Just thoughts, opinions, anyone been through something similar?
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Ovulation test

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Ovulation test

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